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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-06-22

They are called by o'clock and light
of coffee and rolls. Then all the party,
well wrapped up, for there is dew on the
ground, are bundled into open vehicles
and driven up the mountain while the
stars are twinkling brightly. Engle Rock
is reached just as the east is aglow with
the coming of dawn. Field glasses are
brought out and everybody gets in read
mess to view the enhancing scene.
There is no discount on the scene, it
must be admitted, whatever there may be
on the party. After the sun is fairly up
the prospect is decidedly fine.
As for the party, it chats and laughs and
grows reticent Or enthusiastic, as the mood
and the scenery may strike it. If it is
pretty chilly, and it generally is these
mornings, there is good deal of moving
around. The male members of the party
are apt to seek that section of the rock
where the servants that accompanied the
party have number of tempting hampers
uncovered. A nip of the whisky may be
had, or few steps further on is the cot
tage where an early rising bartender will
furnish what is termed "dawn'' cocktail
Shortly after o'clock, when the sun has
been up long enough to afford all the
sightseeing necessary and sunrise is a
mockery owing to the distance up the sky
Old Sol has crept, breakfast is served,
either on an impromtu table, or more
likely, because it is more comfortable,
upon the porch of Mitchell's cottage or
even inside the cozy dining NJ Orange
N. d., correspondence Neso York Star.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-06-22
Our National Greatness.

In recent address the Rev. Mr.. Wal
lace said:
The petroleum production amounts to
100000 gallons daily.
The products exceed all other countries
England is $1,000, 100000 behind us. Our
manufactures and agriculture are twice
that of England.
NOW let us come nearer home. We
have more arabic land than all the earth
beside, and have but very little waste.
After all there is not much alkali, desert
and mountainous land that cannot be used.
Two things therefore come to us.
First. Land that was thought to be
good for nothing proves to be the oppos-
tie.
Second This land can be made good
with work and farming implements.
Our grazing lands, which consist of
645,00O square miles, would support about
1,000,000,000 head of stock.
The wooded land consists of 100000
square miles.
The mineral production amounts to
81 900, 100000 year.
This country produces in abundance
coal, iron, lead, copper, sulphur, salt, bor-
ak, soda, gypsum, marble and tin. The
climate is unsurpassed
We have plenty of room, twice the
wealth, twice the resources and are capable
OF holding twice the population of any
other country. And then our superior in
ffuences and power which rests with the
people. "Westward the course of empire
takes its way" america holds the
future"
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-06-22
Killed in a Midnight Duel.

K1NesroS, N. NJ, June IA typical
southwestern duel occurred here day OF
two ago between Con Ryan and Jim
several years as the "Terror of the Black
desperate and in many respects sneak
ing villain, he had come to be known and
feared by many. He and Ryan had had
many quarrels, but had not come to blows.
On the night preceding the duel they had
had more than the ordinary amount of
trouble, and it was thought strange by
most people that resort to weapons was
not had sooner.
About daylight, when nearly all the
tiger games had closed, Ryan and Burke
were on the main street together, when
the latter said:
"Come, now, let us fight this thing out
like men. You and have carried blow
ing far enough. Either you'll drop or |
will. I'll give you two minutes to draw"
At a word from Burke both men sprang
forward. The 'sTerror of the Black Range
was noisy, staggering and defiant, while
Ryan was pale, rather nervons and silent.
Ryan got his gun first, but for some reason
did not fire until after Burke had sent two
bullets whizzing past his head. Every
body expected to see Ryan drop. His an
tagonist had the reputation of being a
dead shot, and his failure to hit his mark
after twice trying disconnected him
as much as it surprised the spectators.
After the second shot Burke stood in 81
lence for a moment with his weapon out
stretched, evidently making a desperate
attempt to put the next shot where it
would count. While he was thus survey
ing the man who confronted him there
was crack and crash followed like
lightning by another from the same
weapon, that weapon being Ryan's, and
when the eyes of the multitude could
move from the place where he stood to
the spot where Burke should have been
they fell on the PROSTATE form of the man
who had provoked and suggested the duel.
The aTerror of the Black Range" was
stone dead. The first shot had finished
him in the tWinkling of an eye, and the
second bullet despatched almost stimuli
taneously on the same course did not find
him there. He dropped like a log at the
instant of the first shot, and when ex
amined was found with his revolver
clutched in his hand and with a bullet
hole through his head, entering to the left
of the nose and coming out at the rear on
a straight line.
This point determined, not much re-
mained to be done. Ryan appeared before
a justice later in the day and gave bonds,
but the loss will never hurt him any. 1t
is the verdict of the crowd that the job
was the slickest that was ever done in this
town, particularly at that time of day.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-06-22

Company, and it is thought that the in
cessant riding of ranges and personal
supervision of the industry, wherein fore
ed exposures in all climates were requir-
ed, superinduced to a great extent his
speedy dissolution. At the time of his death
he owned considerable property, including
holdings in the Northern Montana Cattle
Company, Montana National bank, Mon
tana Central railway, Montana Stock
growers Association and Potts & Harrison
Horse Company.
The Independent pays graceful tribute
to his memory. It says: "His was the
career of one of natures noblest men:
Great of body, he was equally great of
heart His friends could count upon his
fidelity at all times and the public knew
him to be honest, faithful and uncom-
promising. His record in the war is de-
tailed elsewhere in these columns-the re-
volunteer officers who distinguished them
selves in the union armies
The same journal adds: "He admins
tered the affairs of all public positions of
which he had charge On the same careful,
faithful, conservative method that he ap-
piled to his private business. Public Of
flee was public trust in his estimation.
without any qualification. He was no
bitter partisan. Good men were his friends,
regardless of their politics, and he was
universally respected without any distine-
ton of party. Democrats ever stood side
by side with Republicans in offering their
endorsement and support to assist his re-
tention in Office. His appointments to
positions within his gift were also of
character that gave general satisfaction
and he never was called to blush for the
official behavior of any of his appointees.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-06-22
Live Stock.

CHICAGO, June 16.-Cattle--Receipts.
1900, including 1000 Texans; 5@1oc
lower; shipping steers, $3.6o@42O; fancy,
$400@4.55; stockers and feeders, $2.OO@
$50; cows, bulls and mixed, $1.75@3. 80; !;
slop fed steers. $4.O0@4.40; Texas grass
eers, $2.60@3,40; fed, $3.30@3sO.
Hogs-Receipts, $4,000; slow, 10@15c
lower; rough and mixed, $4.7o@5.o5;
packing and shipping, $5.00@5.15; light,
$4.T0@505.
sheep-Receipts, 1900; opened steady;
closed lower; natives, $3.0o@4.50: bulk,
$3.75@425; Texans, S2.50@375.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-06-22
Starving Cattle.

Mr.. T. Rollins, who has been camped
for week or ten days opposite the mouth
Of Sun river, reports that herd of 25 or
80 cattle are on small island, formed by
the high water, at the confluence of the
Sun and Missouri rivers. There is ap-
parently little vegetation on the ground,
and the cattle brouse off the willows that
grow on the banks of the rivers. Mr..
Rollins believes that, by their actions, they
are in a starving condition. The publica-
ton of these facts may lead to their owner
taking action to get them to the mainland.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-06-22
O'Brien's S Return.

Cork, June a0.-O'Brien was enthusi-
astically received on his arrival here and
was presented with the freedom of the
city. He said the greatest danger he en-
countered in Canada was not at the hands
of the Orangemen, but at the hands of inn
petuous friends. He feared the occurrence
of anything that would compromise Glad
stone or Parnell As long as the Plan of
Campaign flag was flying, the Irish be-
yond the Atlantic would extend practical
sympathy to Ireland.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-06-22
Jockeys Well Rewarded.

Horse jockeys and trainers are not adj
vertised as extensively as ball players,
but they get there just the same. Sam
Emory gave the rider of Dry Monopole
$1,000 for winning the Brooklyn handi-
cap, and now John D. Morrissey, the
owner of Montana Regent, distinguishes
himself by giving his trainer, Jim Muir
ply, half interest in the Delaware mine,
said to be worth 100000 This knocks
out the Hon. NJ. Kelly of Boston. Horses
are more valuable than baseball players
after all.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-06-22
Taking Precautions.

LAHORE, June 2O-It is rumored that
kilograms have been received from London
ordering the Indian government to for
ward troops to the Afghan frontier. It is
also said tina. orders have been issued for
the completion of d railway line to Cam
dahar, and the extension of the PeshaWur
railway to Jumrood.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-06-22
They Copy Our Faults.

Lady Visitor-And this is your little
Dolly. What sweet little baby it Is.
Little Mabel trying to make Dolly sit
up strai Yes, it's an awful sweet
child. Sit up there, yon little wretch, or
I'll spank the life out Of you.p r iittsbuag
Dispatch.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-06-22
Three Hundred Dollars Rewardi

Stolen from my cabin near the Giant
spring, June Il: One saddle, bride, grey
saddle blanket, one pair brown blankets,
provisions and miscellaneous articles.
Three hundred dollars $4,000 reward will
be paid for information that will lead to
the arrest and conviction Of said parties.
A. E. DICKERMAN.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-06-22
Boston's lIIustrious Citizen.

.Hello, Smith! Did you know Boston's
most illustrious citizen was in town.
NO. Is he going to play with the
boys?.
sHlay! The idea of Oliver Wendell
Holmes
..oh. pshaw! I thought you meant
Kelly - Burlington Free Press.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-06-22
Sunrise Parties.

The modus operandi of sunrise party
Is somewhat as follows: Invitations are
sent to friends in New York, Brooklyn or
wherever they may reside to come out
the evening before and go on sunrise
excursion. The party gather during the
evening and retire comparatively early.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-06-22
On and off the Range.

Wife-Who is that rude person in the
corner; he lolls on the table as he eats?
Husband That, my dear, is Hamlet
jones the actor.
Wife Why, he takes the part of a high
toned gentleman on the stage.
Husband-So he does. One is art; the
other is Jones.-G Ghscago Nesos.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-06-22
Five Dollars Reward.

The undersigned will pay the above re-
ward for = the recovery Of bay pony,
branded . on the left shoulder; OF will,
pay $3.50 j for information that will lead
to its recovery. Range, Sand Coulee.
JAMES A. WALKER.
Sand Goulee, June a, 1887.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-01-07
Cheapest New England Newspaper.

For this triing cost they can enjoy at their homes
journal which, unlike so many publications Of the day
is in every way fit to enter there bringing with It
mospherr Of purity and xnexceptonal purpose, by nc
ing presentation Of facts To be living evidence Of
the truth that the morbid and sensational
tial to the pleasing qualities Of modern paper would
seem to be in itself gratifying ground for evidence;
and supplementary this is the proof in conformation
Of tn theory that the day of the weekly paper as
hicle Of news is gone.
To s, classify and put before the readers in most
ineligible form the news Of the week is the continued
purpose Of THE WEEKLY JOURNAL; and in filling
this m!sson so desirable in these days Of fragmentary
and misleading dispatches the aim shall be to place the
standpoint Of New England reader.
The thirtysx ample columns will retain heretofore
the Gleanings and Gossip Of distinctive interest
population notes on the industrial avocations agricu
ural, maritime manufacturing and transportation; spec
cia matters; rambling talks and essays home topics;
correspondents from various parts Of the world by
own correspondents; congressional news political jot
'ngs editorials topics Of living interest; poems
sketches, miscellaneous and household matters.
The excellent contributions of M. E. B., the Domes
tcana Articles touching the varied interests Of our lady
readers, the Partisan Letters OF Edward King, and the
readable sketches Of kennebunker will be maintained as
interesting features throughout the year
The year 1887 bids fair to be in which the advan-
tages Of trustworthy medium Of information will be
specially called for, owing to the prospective develop
ments on matters touching the labor tariff and kindred
questions and political disturbances both in America and
the Old World
The changes in parties which have caused many pa
pes to become uncertain and waverng guides to public
opinion have not affected the character or consistency
HE JOURNAL as an exponent Of Republican prn-
ciples. In this particular THE JOURNAL occ Ipes a
unique position in New FINLAND.
The Weekly Edition is issued every Thursday.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-01-07
railroad Travel in England.

The railroads themselves, their bridges,
their stations, are incomparably better than
ours They seem as if built for eternity.
But there it ends The cars are short, SO
that they have but six wheels, two here,
two there and two beyond, and one is OBJ
viously, of necessity, always over grind
ing wheel. Then they oscillate so that
they almost always make one seasick, and
always give feeling of nausea. My test
consists in conversation and reading, and
found that in the one l had to raise my
voice, and in the other my eyes became
tired, and it was impossible for me to read
with any degree of comfort. Now here I
do both with perfect ease. My eyes are
strong and I am well, but I could neither
talk nor read in the English cars. Ameri-
can cars would be very much better. There
are few palace cars over there, but are not
popular as yet, and there is but faint be-
ginning of hope of comfort for the engin-
GERS and stokers. For a long time they have
been compelled to do their arthlous work,
exposed to the elements, and even now they
have nothing but glass frame over them,
open in front, affording most imperfect
protection against the moist, cold, chilly
climate, SO they bundle up like SO many
Henry Ward Beecher.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-01-07
A British blockade Runner.

The late Hobart Pasha's recently pub
lished book of "reminiscences gives curious
account of the trade of blockade running
during the American war. Hobart's first
personal venture consisted chiefly of cor
sets and Cookies pills. A thousand pairs
of stays were readily sold at profit of
LOO per cent; but in spite of his eloquent
recommendations of their virtues, the
crosses of pill boxes were left upon his
hands, while sundry parcels of tooth brushes
were an absolute drug. He carried the
"Cockles" back to Nassau, where he
swopped them for chests of lucifer matches,
which went off well at Wilmington on his
next cruise. And he sent heavy order to
England for coffin screws, which seem to
have fetched fancy prices in the south in
those days of sad mortality.-Paris Morn
ing News.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-01-07
Recent Inventions.

The fall and winter exhibitions have
brought to notice a number of new and
improved labor saving machines and i'm
Elements. At the Vermont state fair an
attraction was the Perkins sulky corn and
potato planter. This is designed to plant
two rows Of corn at once and apply the
fertilizer in the drill.
A combination roller and grass seed
sower exhibited by the Gouveneur
Machine Co. is also of interest. The roller
is made of iron. The seeder has force
feed, distributing the seed just in front,
where it will be sufficiently covered as the
roller passes over it.
A new carriage wheel hub that aims to
keep all water, sand and dust from the
axle tree is one of the new inventions by
w. F. Moulton, Burlington, VT.
In the dairy department the leading
inventions Of recent date are the power
butter worker of Porter, Blanchard &
Sons, Concord, N. H., and the Tester
churn Of Cornish, Curtis & Green, Fort
Atkinson, Wis. These were both in opera
ton at the Bay State Fair.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-01-07
Training Young Horses.

A colt ought to be thoroughly halter
broken at year old At 2 years, having
learned the rudiMentary lessons of being
led about and handled without fear, an
acquaintance with bit and bride is in
order. Previous to placing any portion
of harness on young horse let him smell
and see it.
The first bit put into a horses mouth
should be simple one, such as plain
bar or jointed snaffle. Especially in the
first trials should an easy mouthpiece be
used to induce the animal to take it fear
lessly. Many persons through ignorance
do injury both to the horses temper and
his mouth by using severe snaffie. 1t is
bad policy to work a horse too early or to
overwork one of any age. Give the colts
light work until they have developed their
powers by degrees.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-01-07
WAYS of Genuine ISraxilians.

They have no ambition, no ego" in them,
no will or desire for anything but to sleep
away their days and pass their nights in
singing, dancing and revelry. Inhabit-
ants of any country like these of Boqueirae
are as useless as if they did not exist. They
have nothing to sell or means for purchase.
Their little labor is expended in raising a
few vegetables, fishing, and building poor
hut barely sufficient to accommodate them.
1t is never repaired; and when the rain
comes in in one part of the roof the ham
mock is removed to another corner, until,
finally, when the. hut decays and collapscs
in spite of props, another is built alongside
it. The women make the few cotton gar
ments of the men, that like the huts, are
never repaired, and are worn until the rags
will no longer hold together. Yet, withal,
they are the most independent of all peoples,
proud of their right to do nothing, and
they do it most effectually.-J. w. Wells.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-01-07
A GROUND TRAP.

While the ground trap is not new con.
trivance the accompanying picture ia
given for the benefit of readers who may
desire to make one. Take bex about
fifteen inches long, ten wide and seven
deep, and set in the ground as seen in
the cut. The lid may be a square piece
of board or sheet iron. One end of it
should rest in the bottom of the box at
the extreme end, and the other on the top
of the opposite end of the box. A small
peg two and one half inches high, with an
even end, is driven into hole in the bot
tom of the trap. The flattened end of a
short forked spindle rests on this peg and
is held in position by the weight of the
lid, which rests on a small wooden pin.
The bait is thrown into the bottom of the
trap, which is sprung by the weight of
the bird as it lights on the spindle.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-01-07

form. Bone and unbleac he'd wood ashes
form a complete" fertilizer, though de-
ficicnt In nitrogen. South Carolina rock,
with kainit and hair or ground leather
would form complete" fertilizer of the
lowest grade, and would chiefly be valu-
able for the potash in the kainit. High
grade sulphate and muriate of potash,
pure bone -four or dissolved bone black,
and nitrate Of soda, sulphate of ammonia
and dried blood would form most valu-
able complete" fertilizer. What we
wish to show is that fertilizer may be
complete" II 1t cost but IS per ton just
the same as II 1t cost $50, and that this
word in its technical sense means only
that the fertilizer contains the three lead
ing pant foods.-Rural New Yorker.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-01-07
An Improver Of Land.


It cannot be expected that clover will re-
store, unassisted, an absolutely exhausted
soil. Land must be in condition to bring
fair crops of grain before clover can be
sowed upon it to advantage. Afterward,
in a judicious rotation, j. will improve the
soil rapidly. 1t does this in two ways, by
the decay of its large .taproot and by it's
absorbing ammonia rapidly from the at
mosphere. The cheapest manure that we
can use after land has been put in proper
condition is clover seed. At the north
clover is biennial; at the south it lasts
for several years. After clover has fairly
gone to seed at the SOUTH if short rota-
ton is adopted, it will not be necessary
to sow it again. For instance. in the fol
lowing rotations: First, cotton or corn:
second, oats; third, wheat; the clover
will spring spontaneously among the
wheat. The ground should remain two
years in clover and the rotation then be
repeated. Land thus treated will improve
without further expenditure of manures.
Southern Cutivator.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-01-07
HOME MADE SEED DRILL.

The wheel q in CUT ought to be about
six inches in diameter-an axle grease box
with the rim knocked off makes a good
one. The tin box ~ should be about
three and one-half inches in diameter, with
holes in the rim about two inches apart,
made with an awl, as represented by the
dots in the cut. In case this arrange
ment sows seed too thick wooden peg
can be put in every alternate hole. The
handles marked must be of convenient
length, say four or five feet long. The little
be six or seven inches in length. The
rows may be opened with pointed stick,